What chemicals do you keep in uour darkroom as standard?

[jeztastic]

Good idea, Svend. I'll have a look. No shop here seems to have everything. The best shops seem to be German actually.

[Svend]

I always prefer to shop locally and support my community, but there are times when one just can't find something and have to get it from afar. Transatlantic online shopping is becoming a real thing lately, and it can be as easy, cost effective and quick as domestic. I regularly order from cycling shops in the UK, and can't believe how prompt the service is and how cheap the shipping is -- free in some cases.

Hope you find what you need.

Svend

[John King]

Developer - both C41 and B&W (various B&W) (Undiluted and ready to use for paper and film) C41 - Fuji. Paper - Kodak Ektacolor)

Fixer - For B&W both Film and Paper sold under the name of Champion (Undiluted and ready to use)

Stop Bath (Undiluted and ready to use) Kodak

Bleach and fixer for C41 and RA4 (Kodak)

Bleach and fix for C41 (Fuji)

Wetting agent - if you can call it a 'chemical' Kodak (Undiluted)

(Plus what is already in the Nova processors)

[Terry S]

Originally Posted by jeztastic

So I already know I need benzotriazole as I am building up a stock of old paper. However, I cannot find anywhere that sells it. Where do people here get it from?

Then Farmer's reducer...

Jez

Just typed benzotriazole in ebay uk and it is where I and others got theirs from. Having just checked, I found two amounts being sold = about 30g and 200g I think. The 200g works out much cheaper and there are also bucket fulls if you really need a lot.

As for Farmers Reducer, this is an easy thing to make up oneself. Loads of formulas about and you only need to make up a little when ever you need it.

Terry S

[Richard Gould]

RO9 film developer, Champion fixer, stop bath, Fotospeed WT10 paper developer,Firstcall paper developer, and Foma sepia toner,
Richard

[Jerry Bodine]

Originally Posted by SvendN

...you might consider shopping at the big NYC stores or at my supplier in Canada. They all ship overseas for surprisingly reasonable rates. They all have benzotriazole.

But be aware that B&H announced last November that they will no longer be shipping chemicals but they're available in their NYC store only; they do however offer benzo and apparently will ship it (go figure!).

[Lostlabours]

Originally Posted by John King

Developer - both C41 and B&W (various B&W) (Undiluted and ready to use for paper and film) C41 - Fuji. Paper - Kodak Ektacolor)

Fixer - For B&W both Film and Paper sold under the name of Champion (Undiluted and ready to use)

Stop Bath (Undiluted and ready to use) Kodak

Bleach and fixer for C41 and RA4 (Kodak)

Bleach and fix for C41 (Fuji)

Wetting agent - if you can call it a 'chemical' Kodak (Undiluted)

(Plus what is already in the Nova processors)

Sounds about right, all the raw chemicals to make up all those formulae I did have them all in the late 1980's but the colour developing agents don't last well

Ian

[jeztastic]

Originally Posted by Terry S

Just typed benzotriazole in ebay uk and it is where I and others got theirs from. Having just checked, I found two amounts being sold = about 30g and 200g I think. The 200g works out much cheaper and there are also bucket fulls if you really need a lot.

As for Farmers Reducer, this is an easy thing to make up oneself. Loads of formulas about and you only need to make up a little when ever you need it.

Terry S

Didn't think of eBay, I'll try there...

[Miha]

No raw chemicals in my darkroom, but lots of Bromophen and Hypam on the shelves. I'm out of film developer for the moment

[Rob Archer]

To answer the original question of what I keep in the darkroom as standard:

Commercially available ready-mixed stuff:

Adox RO9 (AKA Rodinal) you can use it for pretty much anything in a hurry and it's now my standard dev for films up to iso100

Ilford Rapid Fixer

Everything else I mix from raw chemicals using:

Sodium sulphite
Sodium carbonate
Metol
Hydroquinone
Phenidone
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C powder)
Borax
Citric acid
Sodium thiosulphate (hypo)
Potassium bromide
Benzotriazole

I've got lots of other stuff, most of it given to me, that I occasionally experiment with, but I wouldn't call it 'standard'.